Hacker News: nathanaldensr

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Hckrnews.com Cert Expired (Again)"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:49:43 +0000

Just noticed this myself. Whoops!

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:56:33 +0000

What's wrong is a society full of people who are avoidantly attached and full of trauma.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were"

nathanaldensr — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:04:58 +0000

Millennials on the whole are incredibly neurotic about all kinds of things. Why that is is a matter of debate.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:59:47 +0000

That's not empathy, though. The word "empathy" has been co-opted to mean "understanding someone else's point of view," but that's not what empathy is. Empathy is feeling others' feelings. I'm actually empathetic in that I sometimes experience an emotional response (limbic) similar to an intense emotional response I witness others having, especially if they're a person close to me. This is very different than making a conscious attempt (prefrontal cortex) at intellectual understanding of someone's emotions.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

nathanaldensr — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:48:26 +0000

Unfortunately, housing is not merely treated as a cost issue for most people. Where we live is a social and even spiritual experience. We're not bugs that mindlessly perform our economic duty and then return to our hole. We're human beings who like space, freedom, and the ability to control our surroundings.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:16:27 +0000

Taking money from the devil on one hand, protesting evil with the other. Make it make sense. "Rules for me but not for thee."

New comment by nathanaldensr in "The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:28 +0000

Yes.

"There are already foxes in the hen house, but we'll ban new foxes from entering!"

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Hungary's Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Election"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:01:05 +0000

> HN has a large enough MAGA contingent that believes by not talking about it the world will hold off a little longer from bringing down their idol.

No. You're projecting. You're one of those types that sees politics in everything--that wants politics in everything. Some of us, me included, flag political stories not because of our beliefs but because we'd rather HN not become Reddit, or the countless other spaces that have been perniciously and intentionally invaded by "always politics, all the time" people.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nathanaldensr — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:51:49 +0000

Exactly. Like most "growth hackers," they assume that our attention is their resource to consume, and we should all be grateful for the privilege of making them rich.

No thanks. I reject this as the abusive practice and mentality that it is.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nathanaldensr — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:50:25 +0000

You're asking for others to take abuse on your behalf because your needs are more important than theirs. You're abusive. Stop coping and admit the truth. You're part of the problem but wrapping it in victimhood.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nathanaldensr — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:48:07 +0000

I've noticed the same. Companies are disguising what are obviously marketing, advertising, or promotional content as "transactional." Experian is probably the most famous of these offenders. They send "transactional" emails every month that can't be opted out of when they notice changes in my credit file (everyone's credit file changes every month almost by definition!) It's scummy, intentional, and IMO breaking the law.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "US plans to automatically register young men for military draft"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:48:45 +0000

I wish this were hyperbolic. Sadly, the memes have become reality (was it always reality?)

New comment by nathanaldensr in "A whole civilization might die tonight"

nathanaldensr — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:52:29 +0000

The question isn't what must be done; look to the very founding of the United States for wisdom on that topic. The only question is, do people have the collective courage to do it?

New comment by nathanaldensr in "US deploying nearly all stealthy long-range JASSM-ER cruise missiles to Iran war"

nathanaldensr — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:27:56 +0000

This is simply not true by most objective metrics... unless you don't like plastic and fertilizer?

New comment by nathanaldensr in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:10:50 +0000

Yep. It's just a lie.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Copilot edited an ad into my PR"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:16:21 +0000

It's gaslighting on a worldwide scale is what it is.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Young Graduates Face the Grimmest Job Market in Years"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:44:43 +0000

Right. Whether it's absolutely true in an empirical sense almost doesn't matter. If enough people believe it's true--and I'd argue Gen Z absolutely does--it will become the reality. Whether it's a self-fulfilling prophecy or truth out of our control, it's the reality.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:59:40 +0000

Agreed. The sphere of trust around each of us will shrink back to only those in our physical proximity. Outside of that, no one can be trusted.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

nathanaldensr — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:06:57 +0000

The FAA's problems are systemic and structural. They've existed long, long before the 2024 election.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:59:52 +0000

LOL, exactly! The underlying problem is people's addiction to drugs, not all the symptoms that come from those addictions.